Refer to the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines I.C.2.c.3 which states: When the admission/encounter is for management of dehydration due to the malignancy and only the dehydration is being treated (intravenous rehydration), the dehydration is sequenced ________, followed by the code(s) for the malignancy.

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According to ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines I.C.2.c.3, when the admission/encounter is for management of dehydration due to the malignancy and only the dehydration is being treated (intravenous rehydration), the dehydration is sequenced first, followed by the code(s) for the malignancy.